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I was thinking that a user profile could be setup and link to code on Github or Sourceforge. If they had code on a client's server, you'd have a way for that cl
by adrianwaj 17y ago
I was thinking that a user profile could be setup and link to code on Github or Sourceforge. If they had code on a client's server, you'd have a way for that client to positively match what's on their server with whatever the profile is presenting as belonging to it.
- jacquesm 17y agoYes, but even then. That code might have a history, it could have passed through several maintainers before it landed with that person. Especially open source projects usually have plenty of contributors to any part of the code. It's a tremendous exercise in trying to establish provenance. edit: On another note, code quality is only one metric. There are others: productivity, being a teamplayer and so on. Those are at least as important as code quality. Someone that can not work with others, is dead slow but produces 'perfect' code might be an asset to one project but a total loss in another.
- adrianwaj 17y agoExcellent point. I suppose the only way to authenticate code is to run a live test, but even then it could be faked, and tests aren't representative of real client work.